New Zealand was the largest country of Polynesia before it was annexed by the British in 1840. By the 1920's the British still controlled internal and external policies of the country, although it didn't become fully independent until 1947. So far New Zealand is still an independent member of the Commonwealth.

Behind New Zealand's spectacular landscape lies an issue unresolved for 160 years. About 95% of the land is owned by the descendants of white settlers while the native people have become rare. New Zealand has always prided itself on good race relations but the battle for equal rights for the minority (Maoris) is steadily heating up.The following text will give an overview of New Zealand's history. Furthermore the difficult situation of the Maoris with

New Zealand was one of the last sizeable land areas suitable to be populated by human beings. It was first settled by Polinesians who came from somewhere in eastern Polynesia, possibly from today's region called French Polynesia.

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No precise archaeological records exist of when and from where the first human inhabitants of New Zealand came, but it is generally agreed that Polynesians from eastern Polynesia in the central Pacific reached New Zealand more than 1,000 years ago.

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